Senior Contracts Manager

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your contract management experience to a world class organization that is leading the way in both content and technology to serve and protect our citizens home and abroad? Do you have the skills necessary to scale contract operations by leveraging technology and managing risk? Then Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) is looking for you!

The Senior Contracts Manager is a senior, hands‑on professional responsible for leading the negotiation, execution, and administration of complex U.S. Government and select commercial contracts in a technology‑driven, multi‑product organization. This role operates in a high‑velocity environment characterized by frequent negotiations, evolving products, and regular “battle of the forms” scenarios with customers, primes, and partners.

The role requires deep federal contracting expertise, strong negotiation judgment, and the ability to leverage technology and process discipline to scale contract operations while managing legal, financial, and operational risk.

As a Senior Contracts Manager, you will also contribute to a variety of areas including:

• Managing the full contract lifecycle for U.S. Government prime and subcontract agreements, including proposal support, negotiation, award, modification, performance, and close‑out.
• Supporting a portfolio of contracts across multiple products, offerings, and territories, including cost‑plus, T&M, firm‑fixed‑price, contract vehicles, and task orders.
• Serving as the primary contracts point of contact for assigned programs and customers.

• Leading contract negotiations with government contracting officers, prime contractors, subcontractors, and commercial customers, including frequent negotiations involving competing contract templates.
• Applying approved negotiation playbooks, fallback positions, and escalation thresholds to resolve ad hoc contract issues efficiently and consistently.
• Identifying material risk issues and escalating exceptions to Legal in accordance with established guardrails.
• Preserving consistency and enterprise precedent across repeated negotiations.

• Interpreting and applying FAR, DFARS, and agency supplements, with a focus on accurate implementation and operational execution.
• Ensuring compliance with contractual requirements related to flow‑downs, subcontracting, audit rights, cost allowability, records retention, cybersecurity, data handling, and reporting.
• Supporting audits, contract reviews, and government inquiries in coordination with Legal and Finance.

• Leveraging contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems, document management tools, and workflow automation to streamline contract review, approvals, modifications, and reporting.
• Maintaining disciplined version control of contract templates, clause libraries, and SOWs aligned to evolving products and offerings.
• Using data and metrics to track contract cycle time, workload, risk trends, and negotiation outcomes.
• Actively identifying opportunities to improve scalability, consistency, and visibility through technology and process improvement.

• Partnering closely with Business Development and Capture teams during proposal development to ensure compliant and competitive contract structures.
• Collaborating with Finance on pricing models, funding profiles, billing mechanics, and contract modifications.
• Working with Product and Engineering teams to understand evolving technology and data‑driven offerings and ensure contracts accurately reflect product capabilities, deliverables, and data usage.
• Advising Program Managers on contractual obligations, performance requirements, and change management.

• Mentoring junior contracts staff or administrators and serving as a subject‑matter resource across the organization.
• Supporting the Director of Contract Management in implementing contract governance frameworks, playbooks, and internal controls.
• Contributing to scaling initiatives as new products, customers, and territories are introduced.

You’re a good fit…